Did they find literally "$0" value, or were they unable to quantify a value? It seems like the failure (assuming the games industry is bringing at least $1 to the region) is in their metrics rather than the gaming industry's earnings..

Somaticasual:Did they find literally "$0" value, or were they unable to quantify a value? It seems like the failure (assuming the games industry is bringing at least $1 to the region) is in their metrics rather than the gaming industry's earnings..

I would imagine that if gaming companies employ 200 people in the region, those people are not working for free. It must contribute something to the economy.

Somaticasual: Did they find literally "$0" value, or were they unable to quantify a value? It seems like the failure (assuming the games industry is bringing at least $1 to the region) is in their metrics rather than the gaming industry's earnings..

It could also be detrimental, meaning that it subtracts value, which would also technically fit the phrase "adds no value".

Angus: (getting a little angry) Oh look woman, how many games did we sell last year? Nine and a half, that's all. So when I get an order for 48,000,000, I believe it - you bet I believe it.

Mrs Podgorny: Even if it's from a blancmange?

Angus: Och, woman, if a blancmange is prepared to come 2,200,000 light years to purchase a game, they must be fairly keen on games. So cease yer prattling woman and get coding. This could be the biggest breakthrough in games since the Provost of Edinburgh sat on a joystick. Mary, we'll be rich! We'll be rich!

Boudica's War Tampon:Angus: (getting a little angry) Oh look woman, how many games did we sell last year? Nine and a half, that's all. So when I get an order for 48,000,000, I believe it - you bet I believe it.

Mrs Podgorny: Even if it's from a blancmange?

Angus: Och, woman, if a blancmange is prepared to come 2,200,000 light years to purchase a game, they must be fairly keen on games. So cease yer prattling woman and get coding. This could be the biggest breakthrough in games since the Provost of Edinburgh sat on a joystick. Mary, we'll be rich! We'll be rich!

Oh my god. Brain not work. Where is that from?Is that the flan that tried to win Wimbledon by turning everyone Scottish?

lordargent:Somaticasual: Did they find literally "$0" value, or were they unable to quantify a value? It seems like the failure (assuming the games industry is bringing at least $1 to the region) is in their metrics rather than the gaming industry's earnings..

It could also be detrimental, meaning that it subtracts value, which would also technically fit the phrase "adds no value".

Fair enough on that (and on the quid note from a previous poster).

//Past that, it's just hard to take a grown man in a kilt and long socks seriously. Not helping their country's long struggle for machismo.

Sergeant Grumbles:Boudica's War Tampon: Angus: (getting a little angry) Oh look woman, how many games did we sell last year? Nine and a half, that's all. So when I get an order for 48,000,000, I believe it - you bet I believe it.

Mrs Podgorny: Even if it's from a blancmange?

Angus: Och, woman, if a blancmange is prepared to come 2,200,000 light years to purchase a game, they must be fairly keen on games. So cease yer prattling woman and get coding. This could be the biggest breakthrough in games since the Provost of Edinburgh sat on a joystick. Mary, we'll be rich! We'll be rich!

Oh my god. Brain not work. Where is that from?Is that the flan that tried to win Wimbledon by turning everyone Scottish?

Somaticasual:lordargent: Somaticasual: Did they find literally "$0" value, or were they unable to quantify a value? It seems like the failure (assuming the games industry is bringing at least $1 to the region) is in their metrics rather than the gaming industry's earnings..

It could also be detrimental, meaning that it subtracts value, which would also technically fit the phrase "adds no value".

Fair enough on that (and on the quid note from a previous poster).

//Past that, it's just hard to take a grown man in a kilt and long socks seriously. Not helping their country's long struggle for machismo.

Men, a true Scot wouldn't give a toss what yew think, he'd just break a bottle of Bucky in the middle a yer face ya coont

Sergeant Grumbles:Boudica's War Tampon: Angus: (getting a little angry) Oh look woman, how many games did we sell last year? Nine and a half, that's all. So when I get an order for 48,000,000, I believe it - you bet I believe it.

Mrs Podgorny: Even if it's from a blancmange?

Angus: Och, woman, if a blancmange is prepared to come 2,200,000 light years to purchase a game, they must be fairly keen on games. So cease yer prattling woman and get coding. This could be the biggest breakthrough in games since the Provost of Edinburgh sat on a joystick. Mary, we'll be rich! We'll be rich!

Oh my god. Brain not work. Where is that from?Is that the flan that tried to win Wimbledon by turning everyone Scottish?

lordargent:Somaticasual: Did they find literally "$0" value, or were they unable to quantify a value? It seems like the failure (assuming the games industry is bringing at least $1 to the region) is in their metrics rather than the gaming industry's earnings..

It could also be detrimental, meaning that it subtracts value, which would also technically fit the phrase "adds no value".

Maybe they get government subsidies? That could count as negative value.

Sergeant Grumbles:Boudica's War Tampon: Angus: (getting a little angry) Oh look woman, how many games did we sell last year? Nine and a half, that's all. So when I get an order for 48,000,000, I believe it - you bet I believe it.

Mrs Podgorny: Even if it's from a blancmange?

Angus: Och, woman, if a blancmange is prepared to come 2,200,000 light years to purchase a game, they must be fairly keen on games. So cease yer prattling woman and get coding. This could be the biggest breakthrough in games since the Provost of Edinburgh sat on a joystick. Mary, we'll be rich! We'll be rich!

Oh my god. Brain not work. Where is that from?Is that the flan that tried to win Wimbledon by turning everyone Scottish?

/speaking of flans...I'm still somewhat surprised that Square hasn't done the obvious and make actual flan (as in FF(foo) flans) shaped molds for flan (as in the edible custard dessert you see at Mexican restaurants) :D

Policeman:Oh, now this is where Mr Podgorny could have saved his wife's life. If he'd gone to the police and told them that he'd been approached by unearthly beings from the Galaxy of Andromeda, we'd have sent a man round to investigate.

fusillade762:lordargent: Somaticasual: Did they find literally "$0" value, or were they unable to quantify a value? It seems like the failure (assuming the games industry is bringing at least $1 to the region) is in their metrics rather than the gaming industry's earnings..

It could also be detrimental, meaning that it subtracts value, which would also technically fit the phrase "adds no value".

Maybe they get government subsidies? That could count as negative value.

Sergeant Grumbles:Boudica's War Tampon: Angus: (getting a little angry) Oh look woman, how many games did we sell last year? Nine and a half, that's all. So when I get an order for 48,000,000, I believe it - you bet I believe it.

Mrs Podgorny: Even if it's from a blancmange?

Angus: Och, woman, if a blancmange is prepared to come 2,200,000 light years to purchase a game, they must be fairly keen on games. So cease yer prattling woman and get coding. This could be the biggest breakthrough in games since the Provost of Edinburgh sat on a joystick. Mary, we'll be rich! We'll be rich!

Oh my god. Brain not work. Where is that from?Is that the flan that tried to win Wimbledon by turning everyone Scottish?

Seeing subby's headline, my first thought was that the article was about a government commission deciding that Scotland's tradition of "Highland Games" (as illustrated by a couple of other posters above) contributed nothing and that they were thus subject to being regulated out of existence by Britain's increasingly irrational health & safety authorities.

RatMaster999:Sergeant Grumbles: Boudica's War Tampon: Angus: (getting a little angry) Oh look woman, how many games did we sell last year? Nine and a half, that's all. So when I get an order for 48,000,000, I believe it - you bet I believe it.

Mrs Podgorny: Even if it's from a blancmange?

Angus: Och, woman, if a blancmange is prepared to come 2,200,000 light years to purchase a game, they must be fairly keen on games. So cease yer prattling woman and get coding. This could be the biggest breakthrough in games since the Provost of Edinburgh sat on a joystick. Mary, we'll be rich! We'll be rich!

Oh my god. Brain not work. Where is that from?Is that the flan that tried to win Wimbledon by turning everyone Scottish?

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Oh, I'm sure it depends on which god. Bahamut, for one, almost certainly has a tasty flan in store for you.

Difficulty: Actually catching said flan and getting it to stay still--about as much as with a giant tennis-playing blancmange, in fact :D

Great Porn Dragon:RatMaster999: Sergeant Grumbles: Boudica's War Tampon: Angus: (getting a little angry) Oh look woman, how many games did we sell last year? Nine and a half, that's all. So when I get an order for 48,000,000, I believe it - you bet I believe it.

Mrs Podgorny: Even if it's from a blancmange?

Angus: Och, woman, if a blancmange is prepared to come 2,200,000 light years to purchase a game, they must be fairly keen on games. So cease yer prattling woman and get coding. This could be the biggest breakthrough in games since the Provost of Edinburgh sat on a joystick. Mary, we'll be rich! We'll be rich!

Oh my god. Brain not work. Where is that from?Is that the flan that tried to win Wimbledon by turning everyone Scottish?

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Oh, I'm sure it depends on which god. Bahamut, for one, almost certainly has a tasty flan in store for you.

Difficulty: Actually catching said flan and getting it to stay still--about as much as with a giant tennis-playing blancmange, in fact :D